The moment the ship rushed into the doldrums, Nagamasa felt that something had changed.

He heard the roar of thunder and lightning become low, and the storm that was still raging not far away suddenly subsided. The noise that originally filled his ears disappeared, leaving only a silent world.

He felt that even the air was stagnant, his breathing became difficult, the originally light air became heavy, and even his reactions began to become sluggish.

However, the next moment, like a spring breeze blowing on his face, Nagamasa felt that everything was back to normal. He took a deep breath of fresh air, turned around and looked at the storm behind the ship.

The strong winds outside the calm belt are still continuing, but inside the calm belt, life is peaceful and quiet.

The ship stopped less than a hundred meters away from the edge of the doldrums. It seemed that even with strong winds and heavy rain, it would be difficult for the ship to go deeper.

Or to put it another way, those who can sail in the doldrums usually possess some kind of extraordinary ability.

Nagamasa looked into the depths of the doldrums and saw that the sea water was as smooth as a mirror, with not a single breeze able to create ripples. He took a button from his pocket and threw it into the sea.

I saw the button sinking into the water, causing a little waves, but soon the waves subsided and the water returned to its original calm state.

“There’s really no wind here.”

As Nagamasa was sighing, he saw the sailors coming out of the cabin one after another, looking around curiously.

"What are you all standing there for? Take out that device."

Nagamasa gave orders hurriedly.

The sailors worked together to carry the heavy equipment up and installed it at the stern. Nagamasa poured in a barrel of wine, threw the burning core into the spark plug, and started the steam engine.

"Um?"

He found the machine unresponsive and pulled once more the rope that set the piston in motion.

This time, the pleasant sound of the engine finally rang out.

The propeller turned and the whole ship began to move slowly.

"It's quite good, but it's a bit of a waste of wine."

Nagamasa sighed, gulped down a big gulp of the wine in his hand, and then poured the rest into the steam engine.

Lu Ban also came to the deck.

Xia's magic ensured that the area around the ship was not polluted. Lu Ban looked around with [True Vision], and countless words emerged.

[The power that will make everything come to a standstill surrounds here, don't stop your steps]

[There seems to be something unusual ahead, be careful]

[If you die here, your body will not decay for hundreds of years. Isn't it touching? ]

[It’s better to speak softly. In this quiet place, any movement will attract their attention.]

"It looks like there are other creatures here."

This is normal, as treasure maps all have those monsters drawn on them. Although the doldrums will make everything come to a standstill, there are definitely creatures that can rely on their own extraordinary abilities to be immune.

This can also explain that in such a quiet sea, if something can move normally, it will definitely be noticed by those monsters quickly.

Like...now.

Lu Ban took a look at the rumbling steam engine.

The next moment, he felt a certain throbbing.

Coming to the bow, under the reflection of the starry sky, Lu Ban saw some kind of dark shadow gathering beneath the calm sea in front of him.

Pollution attracts pollution.

These monsters that can move freely in the doldrums must have been exposed to a large amount of pollution. They also crave other pollution, and after catching someone entering the doldrums, they will follow the movement.

In Lu Ban's [Real Vision], he could see the whole picture of the monster.

It was a long snake-like monster, about as thick as a tanker truck, with sharp scales covering its body and a pale bone armor covering its head, just like the monster in the treasure map.

But this time Lu Ban saw clearly that it was not bones wrapped in skin, but the head itself was made up of only bones.

Without skin, muscles or blood vessels, the head was bare, and blue flames flickered in the two eyes. The flames also burned fiercely in the sea water, illuminating a large area of ​​the sea and making the stars dim.

The snake's body was all bones, without flesh and blood, like a ghost that had been dead for many years and had crawled out of a pile of bones. Its bones were black and looming in the sea water.

The long snake was a hundred meters long, enough to capsize the entire ship. It was moving very fast and was within reach in the blink of an eye.

Lu Ban stood at the bow, with a silver revolver [Last Words] materializing in his hand.

After loading the bullets with the great being's mumbling words, he aimed at the monster swimming over and fired decisively.

The invisible bullet suddenly hit the monster. Lu Ban saw that the monster's movements suddenly became less smooth.

It suddenly began to twist, creating waves in the water and breaking the calm sea surface. The monster drilled towards the sky, and the flames in its eyes turned red and quickly spread to its entire body.

It seems that although these creatures can move in the doldrums, they are still unable to resist the whispers of the great being.

After all, this is the early He Island, and it should not have been so severely polluted. Therefore, these monsters do not have the same anti-pollution properties as filth, and a few bullets are more than enough.

The long snake drilled into the clouds, tumbling in the sparse clouds, releasing crimson lightning.

“It doesn’t seem to be enough.”

Lu Ban watched as a layer of fur quickly grew on the monster's black bones. The fur quickly expanded and turned into flesh and blood. In the blink of an eye, a giant snake covered with rotten flesh and blood appeared above the clouds.

Although it fell into madness because of the great being's whispering, it did not die immediately, but simply lost its original goal.

At the same time, due to the erosion of pollution, it began to release its own pollution to the surrounding area. Fortunately, the doldrums itself has the characteristics of stagnation, and the spread of these pollutions is extremely slow, and eventually stagnates.

Then, an extremely strange situation occurred.

The rotten big snake was tumbling in the clouds, and its speed suddenly slowed down.

Then, its movement froze.

The deep red thunder, the pitch-black clouds, and the giant snake that was looming in the clouds were all frozen in mid-air.

It seems to have existed since the beginning of time, and it seems to be going to exist forever.

"It seems that its sanity has been affected, causing the supernatural power to resist the characteristics of this sea area to fail, so it is bound here."

Xia glanced over and turned back to see the sailors staring at it in amazement, as if a nightmare had come true.

To some extent, their sanity must have declined.

With his mouth wide open, A Xiang looked at the giant snake frozen in mid-air, and suddenly an inspiration came to him.

"If this place has such characteristics, then could it be that some ancient creatures also exist here?"

"Or...human?"

Amid the noise of the propellers, they soon saw a magnificent, brightly lit ship anchored in the water ahead.